Oblivious Routing of Highly Variable Traffic in Service Overlays and IP Backbones
📜 Abstract
In this paper, we consider the problem of efficiently routing highly variable traffic in service overlays and IP backbones. We propose to explore routing strategies that do not require a detailed view of the overall traffic demands, hence the term oblivious routing. In particular, we explore and evaluate oblivious routing strategies for different levels of knowledge of the network topology and for various metrics of interest such as network resource utilization, delay, loss, and congestion. The results indicate that oblivious routing strategies are promising candidates for coping with the inherent traffic variability and unpredictability in today's communication networks.
✨ Summary
The paper “Oblivious Routing of Highly Variable Traffic in Service Overlays and IP Backbones” analyzes oblivious routing strategies as an approach to manage traffic without necessitating detailed knowledge of overall demand dynamics. The authors propose these strategies as solutions to issues of traffic variability and unpredictability in current communication networks, including service overlays and IP backbones. They examine the effectiveness of these routing strategies based on metrics such as network resource utilization, delay, loss, and congestion.
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